State Campaigns Draw Unions' Money, Muscle
Teachers’ unions are playing a strong role in state elections this fall, providing candidates across the country with grassroots support, endorsements, and millions of dollars in campaign contributions—the vast majority of that money flowing to Democrats.
Republicans are widely expected to make major gains in the 2010 congressional elections, and they appear poised to pick up seats in many competitive state races for governor and other offices.
Unions have voiced concerns about some aspects of the Obama administration’s national education agenda over the past two years. Yet at the state level, Democrats are receiving considerable support from the political arms of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association and the 1.5 million-member American Federation of Teachers , as they have in past campaigns, heading into the final push before the Nov. 2 general elections. Thirty-seven governors’ races and seven state superintendents’ contests are still up for grabs this year, as are more than...
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